By Morgan Gstalter - 03/11/21 01:19 PM EST
The governor of Guam offered to send Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) a history book after the conservative firebrand incorrectly referred to the U.S. territory as a foreign land during a speech railing against federal financial aid going to other countries.
Krystal Paco-San Agustin, the communicators director for Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero (D), told The Guam Post on Thursday that they would be more than happy to send Representative Greene s office a copy of Destiny s Landfall: A History of Guam.’”
Del. Michael San Nicolas (D), a non-voting delegate representing Guam in Congress, told the outlet that he would be delivering Greene “delicious Chamorro Chip Cookies as part of our ongoing outreach to new members to introduce them to our wonderful island of Guam.”
The Atlantic
We deserve nothing less than the full rights of citizenship, including the right to vote.
March 11, 2021
Sarah Silbiger / The New York Times
Last month, I served as a House impeachment manager in the trial of President Donald Trump. My presence on the floor of the U.S. Senate carried a great deal of meaning for me. It also said a lot about America. A Black girl who split her childhood between housing projects in Brooklyn and St. Croix could grow up to become a member of Congress who holds a former president to account. But I was the only Black woman in the room. And although I was making the case for convicting Trump, I hadn’t been able to cast a vote in the House to impeach him. My constituents in the Virgin Islands U.S. citizens remain unable to vote for president, lack any voice in the Senate, and have only a nonvoting delegate in the House.
In the face of congressional inaction, it is time for the states to lead on citizen equality and make America a more perfect union. One way states can.